The Little Drummer Boy (The Little Drummer Boy) (1968)

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Directed by

Arthur Rankin Jr.

Jules Bass

Starring

José Ferrer
Ben Haramed

Paul Frees
Aaron's Father, the Magi

June Foray
Aaron's Mother

Ted Eccles
Aaron

Greer Garson
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Written by

Romeo Muller
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A nice christmas gem

16 years, 8 months ago at Jan 19 12:37

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Following in the puppet/stop-motion animation of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer comes this story set in Palestine during the birth of Christ, and deals with crooks, child exploitation, and ends at the stable in Bethlehem. For kids, it's a bit hard to watch and understand, but it's worth a watch during the holidays mostly because of the main song, which I believe is the version sung by the Vienna ... read more

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Release date: 19 December 1968
UPC: 074645861197

Tags: Christmas (5), Animation (4), Puppets (3), 1968 (3), Family (2), Kids (2), 1960s (2), Short (2), Middle East (1), TV Short (1), Holiday Special (1), {animated 09} (1), Christmas Special (1), Drama (1), Musical (1), Animated (1), Christian (1), Fantasy (1)

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"First Viewing Plot: An orphan drummer boy who hated humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men on route to Bethlehem. So this was... fine, I guess. I figured I should squeeze in a Rankin/Bass classic for all of my December marathons, and I needed something respectable to ensure the abominable Black Christmas wasn't going to close out the list. Sufficiently charming and tight but undeniably dated, Little Drummer Boy never really grabbed my full attention, but I did app"

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"TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Carol of the DrumPUBLISHED FORMAT: lyricsAUTHOR/CREATOR: Katherine DavisORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1941HAVE I READ: YesNOTES: N/A"

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